Kali Shiloh

Jul 17, 2024 | stanfordmag.org | Kali Shiloh

When Tilly Griffiths was a child, she was adamant that her future job have nothing to do with disability. “I wanted to prove that I was more than that,” she says. Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at age 1, she describes her muscles as about as strong as a newborn’s, and she has used a wheelchair since toddlerhood.

Apr 30, 2024 | stanfordmag.org | Kali Shiloh

Kathy Ho tries to see every new teen on her list within 72 hours of their arrival. For some, it’s too soon, or they’re too sick. But for others, she is a beacon of normalcy. Ho teaches high school inside Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (LPCH). “Sometimes I don’t like saying that I’m a teacher,” says Ho, MA ’94. “People get in their minds an idea of what teachers do, and I’m like, ‘That is not what I do.

Feb 28, 2024 | stanfordmag.org | Kali Shiloh

Kemi Ashing-Giwa was in the middle of a college biology class, learning about Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (aka the zombie-ant fungus), when an idea sprang to mind. “I was like, ‘Ah, I love fungi. I’m going to write a short story about fungus zombies.’” As soon as class ended, she opened a Google document and began. Ashing-Giwa was a sophomore at Harvard when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. After a long day on Zoom, she would scroll for hours through an unrelenting stream of depressing news updates.

Jan 26, 2024 | rwcpulse.com | Avery Luke |Kali Shiloh |Sinead Chang |Emily Margaretten

Launching an entirely new way of interacting with the digital world, the original makers of the Apple Macintosh celebrated its 40-year anniversary at the Computer History Museum.

Jan 23, 2024 | almanacnews.com | Kali Shiloh |Sinead Chang |Sara Hayden |Sarah Klearman

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